(1)孤独的，寂寞的(unhappy and needing a friend，etc when alone)：feel extremely/almost intolerably～感到非常/几乎无法忍受的孤独;She lives a～life. 她过着孤独的生活。She lives all alone but she never feels～. 她一直独自生活，但从来不感到孤独。a～/～-looking boy 孤独/样子孤独的男孩;

(2)孤单的(without companions)[作attrib]：a～traveller 孤单的旅客;Robinson Crusoe spent many～days on the desert island. 鲁宾逊在那荒凉的岛上度过了许多孤单的日子。

(3)偏僻的，人烟稀少的(far from other people or places;not often visited)[通常作attrib]：a～house/island/mountain village 偏僻的房子/岛屿/山村;a～country road 人迹稀少的乡间小路;the～iest place on earth 世界上最荒凉的地方;Their country cottage is a bit～.他们的乡间别墅有点儿偏僻。〖同〗isolated，remote;

←lone adj 孤独(单)的;

→′loneliness n 孤独，寂寞;

【辨异】lonely与alone、lone和lonesome的区别见ALONE。